2013 USA Men's World University Games Team - Just the Facts

OFFICIAL EVENT TITLE: 2013 World University Games

EVENT SITE: Kazan, Russia

WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES DATES: July 6-17, 2013

EVENT WEB SITE: Kazan2013.com

MEN'S BASKETBALL COMPETITION DATES: TBD

MEN'S BASKETBALL COMPETITION SITES: TBD

2013 TEAMS: TBD

USA BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP SITE & DATES: TBD.

EVENT DESCRIPTION: The World University Games are held every other year and are organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The World University Games is a multi-sport competition open to men and women who are between the ages of 17 and 24 (born between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 1995), and is or has been within the past year, a student at a college or university.

EVENT HISTORY: The United States has claimed 19 medals in the World University Games since beginning play in 1965, and has captured a record 13 golds, three silvers and three bronze medals in the 20 WUGs in which a USA Basketball squad has competed. The USA owns a 138-9 won-loss record in World University Games play. In fact, the United States captured six of the first seven gold medals awarded in World University Games competition and strung together six consecutive gold medals from 1989 through 1999. In 2001 the USA fell to host China, which featured half of its 2000 Olympic team, including Yao Ming, Menk Batere and Wang ZhiZhi, by a single point in the semifinal and finished with the bronze. The USA again captured the gold medal in 2005 and most recently, finished in fifth place with a 7-1 record after falling to Lithuania 76-74 in the 2011 quarterfinals.

USA WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES PLAYERS OF NOTE: Eighteen players who have represented the USA in the World University Games have gone on to compete in the Olympic Games, including Ray Allen, Stacey Augmon, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Bill Bradley, Quinn Buckner, Tom Burleson, Ken Davis, Tim Duncan, Phil Hubbard, Allen Iverson, Mitch Kupchak, Karl Malone, Michael Redd, Mitch Richmond, Michael Silliman, Steve Smith and Jo Jo White

Men's World University Games Summary of Finishes
(Since the U.S. began participating in 1965)

Men's World University Games Year-by-Year Final Standings

LEGEND: ALB-Albania; ANG-Angola; AUS-Australia; AUT-Austria; BEL-Belgium; BRA-Brazil; BUL-Bulgaria; CAN-Canada; CHN-China; CGO-Congo; CIV-Ivory Coast; COL-Colombia; CRO-Croatia; CUB-Cuba; CYP-Cyprus; CZE-Czech Republic; CZK-Czechoslovakia; DEN-Denmark; EGY-Egypt; ESP-Spain; EST-Estonia; FIN-Finland; FRA-France; FRG-Federal Republic of Germany/West Germany; GAB-Gabon; GBR-Great Britain; GER-Germany; GRE-Greece; HAI-Haiti; HKG-Hong Kong; HUN-Hungary; IRL-Ireland; IRI-Iran; IRQ-Iraq; ISR-Israel; ISV-Virgin Islands; ITA-Italy; JOR-Jordan; JPN-Japan; KAZ-Kazakhstan; KOR- South Korea; KUW-Kuwait; LAT-Latvia; LBR-Liberia; LIB-Lebanon; LTU-Lithuania; LUX-Luxembourg; MAR-Morocco; MEX-Mexico; NED-Netherlands; NGR-Nigeria; NZL-New Zealand; PAN-Panama; PER-Peru; PHI-Philippines; POL-Poland; POR-Portugal; PRK-People's Republic of Korea; PUR-Puerto Rico; ROM-Romania; RSA-Republic of South Africa; RUS-Russia; SCG-Serbia & Montenegro; SEN-Senegal; SOM-Somalia; SRB-Serbia; SUD-Sudan; SUI-Switzerland; SVK-Slovakia; SWE-Sweden; SYR-Syria; THA-Thailand; TPE-Chinese Taipei (Taiwan); TUN-Tunisia; TUR-Turkey; UAE-United Arab Emirates; UKR-Ukraine; URS-Soviet Union; USA-United States of America; YUG-Yugoslavia; ZAM-Zambia.

NOTES:
* South Korea and Turkey did not play the classification game for 15th/16th place in 2001.
+USA Basketball did not field a team for the 2007 World University Games, instead the men's team from the University of Northern Iowa participated.